LEON SMART IS A WORLD RANKED ATHLETE IN A GAME SO UNUSUAL, SO OBSCURE, THAT NO SPORTING GOODS COMPANY CAN BE BOTHERED TO MAKE THE BALLS ... OF COURT TENNIS. REFERRED TO BY SOME AS REAL TENNIS.

Real tennis is played indoors with handmade balls, which are solid like a cricket ball, and wooden rackets. The court, which Ms Fahey described as an "elongated tennis court with a sloping roof ...